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    • Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images

      F

      I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.

      Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?

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    • Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format

      D

      The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.

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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

      2

      Hi.

      I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet.

      I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally?

      Thank you!

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    • Suggestion to improve .pa format

      Brian Gregory

      How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files.
      For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files.
      Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.)

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    • Folder navigation

      drteeth

      I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019.

      Mni tnx.

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    • Quake 1/2 .PAK file support

      AluminumHaste

      I use PA for everything, if I can.
      Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files.
      More info on the format, seems simpler than I thought: https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak

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    • Better archive type handling with drag & drop

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.

      This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.

      But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
      So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.

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    • Find file in archive.

      Luxor

      Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function?
      Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself.

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    • Encrypt files inside archive that has already been created [.zipx]

      2

      Hi.

      Is there a way to enable the user to encrypt the files inside a ZIPX archive that has already been created?

      This could save time for large archives that the user may need to encrypt at a later stage or that he/she has forgotten to enable encryption before creating the archive,

      Thank you!

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    • Fast Extract large files directly to target directory

      2

      Hi.

      I would like to see a new feature implemented: a ‘Fast Extract’ Mode.

      Currently PowerArchiver extracts files to a temporary directory and then moves them to the target directory chosen by the user. At least via drag and drop.

      This can be both time consuming and needs free space on the system drive for large files.

      Is there a way to directly extract files to the target directory with PowerArchiver?
      And if not, can a feature like this be considered for future updates?

      Thanks very much!

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    • Serpent-256 Encryption for PAE/PAE2

      2

      Hello.

      I believe it would be useful to implement Serpent-256 encryption for PAE/PAE2 formats, even though PowerArchiver offers strong encryption ciphers already.

      (deleted part advertising other software - admin)

      Do you think this will be a useful addition?

      Thank you for the consideration!

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    • Make portable version compatible with PortableApps

      A

      Hello!
      I think it would be a great option to make the portable version of PowerArchiver compatible with PortableApps (i.e. adding the necessary files and folders to integrate it smoothly into their structure).
      I own various other commercial programmes which -when installed in portable mode- offer to make the becessary changes without needing an extra installer or the official PortableApps repos.
      Thanks for opinions or perhaps even a realization of this.
      A.Borque

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    • PBS Filenames

      C

      Presently, PowerArchiver 2019 (any build) cannot rename PBS filenames by single clicking on such entry or right-click menu has no “Rename” feature!

      Hmm, even pressing F2 on selected entry does nothing :(

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    • pCloud

      B

      Can you add support for pCloud? thanks

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    • ownCloud / Nextcloud

      M

      Please add support for ownCloud / Nextcloud, thanks.

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    • Setting to keep X number of backups

      ghendric

      There needs to be a setting for the backup feature to set how many backup files to keep.

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    • auto open first level in folder treeview when archive is opened

      spwolf

      …

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    • I think SVG files should be treated as text files.

      Brian Gregory

      SVG files (scalable vector graphics) seem to be special XML files and therefore when added to .pa archives I think they should be compressed as if they were text files.

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    • Command Line Switch for View Mode

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I had a look at the command line switches, but there are no switches to change the startup mode.

      At the moment, PowerArchiver opens in the last used mode.
      I’d like to have command line switches to influence the startup mode.
      Basically, the aim is:

      Opening PowerArchiver from Start Menu or Desktop: Start in Explorer Mode Opening PowerArchiver by double clicking an archive: Start PowerArchiver in Archive Mode
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    • move back and forth via prev/next buttons in archive/folders

      spwolf

      OT: A while back I requested that moving up and down in an archive’s folder structure could be considered to work with a mouse’s forward and back buttons like windows explorer does. It is so automatic for me I still try to use them with PA first before realising I have to double-click on the two dots. Can this be done?

      by @drteeth

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    Create .tar.gz2, .rar and .ace directly from shell-extension menu

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      tormen last edited by

      Hi.

      Are there plans to include one of or all of the following formats for archive-creation:

      tar.bz2 DIRECTLY from the context (shell extension) menu

      .rar at all (and from the context (shell extension) menu
      .ace at all (and from the context (shell extension) menu

      As I was using .rar I would like to change, but only if I can also create .rar files.

      Greetings,

      tormen.

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        klumy last edited by

        RAR and ACE are licensed formats.

        no chance to integrate them in PA

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          Ricco @klumy last edited by

          Actually other than WinRAR and WinACE themselves, no other archivers provide creation (Extraction support is provided free-of-charge) on these two formats. They’re licensed formats and ConeXware would be charged for the license fee if PA supports these formats. It can result in the increase of PA price (only if PA really integrates these support).

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            jowood @Ricco last edited by

            license.txt from unrar source package v2.0:

             ******    *****   ******   unRAR - free utility for RAR archives
 **   **  **   **  **   **  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ******   *******  ******    License for use and distribution of
 **   **  **   **  **   **   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 **   **  **   **  **   **         FREE portable version
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      The source code of unRAR utility is freeware. This means:

   1\. All copyrights to RAR and the utility unRAR are exclusively
      owned by the author - Eugene Roshal.

   2\. Anyone may use the utility unRAR and it's source code to handle
      archive files created with the RAR archiver without limitations.

   3\. The unRAR utility may be freely distributed, provided the 
      distribution package is not modified.  No person or company 
      may charge a fee for the distribution of unRAR without written
      permission from the copyright holder.

   4\. THE RAR ARCHIVER AND THE UNRAR UTILITY ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".
      NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  YOU USE AT 
      YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, 
      DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING
      OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.

   5\. Installing and using the unRAR utility signifies acceptance of
      these terms and conditions of the license.

   6\. If you don't agree with terms of the license you must remove
      unRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the
      utility.

      Thank you for your interest in RAR and unRAR.

                                            Eugene Roshal

```So if you read the unrar sources and if you understand how the decompressor works you can easily write a RAR compatible compressor to create RAR 2.x archives without paying any license fees. The RAR format itself (as any other archive format) and the compression algorithm (lzh) are not copyright protected. There are also some archivers out in the world which can create RAR (and ACE) archives.
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              Ricco @jowood last edited by

              Well… you should notice the License.txt from WinRAR…

              here comes the quote

              Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR
              binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR
              compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written
              permission of the author.

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                Ricco @Ricco last edited by

                And may I know which archivers support the creation of RAR and ACE? I’m interested in that.

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                  jowood @Ricco last edited by

                  @Ricco:

                  Well… you should notice the License.txt from WinRAR…

                  here comes the quote

                  This was added in last versions of WinRAR and UnRAR (3.x) but it does not affect the previous versions of license.txt (2.x).

                  @Ricco:

                  And may I know which archivers support the creation of RAR and ACE? I’m interested in that.

                  Sure. Squeez (archiver), SpeedCommander and The Next Tool (file managers with great archive support).

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                    Ricco @jowood last edited by

                    Thanks! But actually how is the efficiency of RAR v2.x when compared it with V3.x?

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                      Ricco @Ricco last edited by

                      I’ve tried creating RAR using Squeez. It’s quite nice though not V3.x. Hope ConeXware could consider supporting it.

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                        jowood @Ricco last edited by

                        @Ricco:

                        Thanks! But actually how is the efficiency of RAR v2.x when compared it with V3.x?

                        RAR 2.x is much better than ZIP and today nearly everyone can extract RAR files. :D

                        IIRC RAR 3.x offers better compression for text files (PPMD) and for RGB files (delta coder).

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